brian todd has the latest. >> reporter: new information on the driver of this 26 foot u-haul truck thatammed into the security barriers at the park across from the white house. he allegedly told authorities he wanted to seize power and be put in charge of the nation. he had been planning for six months and he'd kill the president if he had to. the suspect is identify as sai kandula rngs 19 years old. he faces one charge with threatening to kill the president, vice president or family member. additional charges could be added. >> clearly the individual intended some kind of harm by ramming the truck through the pylons. >> reporter: authorized recovered duct tape and a swastika flag. >> investigators are going to key in was he motivated by some ideological group and was he directed to launch this type of attack. it is too early to tell right now. >> reporter: the uf-haul was rented in the suburbs of d.c. and an eyewitness says the driver rammed into the barrier more than once. >> they tried first time and then went to the second time. >> reporter: bomb squad was seen at the site, but no e

brian todd, cnn, washington. >>> russian authorities say they have beaten back the ukrainian saboteursho launched recent attacks in the border region. but ukraine say that they are russian citizens fed up with vladimir putin, the war and drift of their country. matthew chance has the story . >> reporter: it was a bold cross border raid. exposing the weakness of russian defenses. and highlighting the increasingly brazen armed groups who say that they are russians fighting against the kremlin. moscow says they are ukrainian saboteurs who have been beaten. defense officials say at least 70 of the fighters some in u.s. made humvee armored vehicles have now been killed. but for the kremlin attacks inside russia like a series of damaging train derailments over the past year or attacks on crucial fuel storage facilities have become an embarrassing feature of its war. even the kremlin itself was targeted with drone strikes which russia blamed on ukraine. but russian groups who say they are fighting against the kremlin are increasingly emerging from the shadows. cnn made contact with an anti pu

back to you. >> brian: if hunter is involved, i don't expect the fbi to touch this. >> todd: good pointnd people who whistleblower, we tied that together. that is brian kilmeade and todd piro winning ticket. >> steve: cover of the "new york post" shows this, the nutty professor, crazed college teacher who attacked free speech holds machete to reporter's throat. we thought the story was bad enough yesterday when we reported she was cursing out students who simply had a different point of view than her. gives a comment and they are lucky she didn't cut his neck. >> kayleigh: how do these people get hired? i want to know. shouting profanity at students, hunter college fired her to their credit, how did she get hired? remember judge duncan and the professor who stonewalled him, didn't allow him to speak, how are activists getting hired? they are not educators, they are activists. >> ainsley: i don't remember my mom going to the door with a machete. >> kayleigh: in the jungle. >> steve: thank you very much. we'll be watching you later. meanwhile -- >> ainsley: i think ashley has headlines. >

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brian todd has more. >> reporter: a warning from north korea's aggressive 39-year-old dictator.im jung-un's regime has notified japan that it plans to launch a satellite between this wednesday may 31 and june 11th. that is according to a spokesman for the japanese coast guard. japan has issued its own warning right back to pyongyang. >> translator: the defense ministry and self-defense forces have already issued an order to prepare for destructive measure in response to the north korean movements. >> reporter: south korea also warning kim's regime not to go ahead with the launch. kim jung-un recently inspected what north korea claims is its first military reconnaissance satellite and approved it for deployment. analysts believe that it won't be able to feed images that are as sophisticated from merameric satellite camp -- >> what might kim be able to spy on? >> north koreans will be primarily interested in military bases belonging to the south koreans, to the americans in south korea, and likely installations for the u.s. and japan in japan an naval movements near the coast. >>

let's take you now live to the scene and cnn's brian todd. ian, we have some new information about the suspect? >> reporter: right, boris. just a short time ago getting new information on the suspect from people who knew him back in his hometown of chesterfield, missouri. the suspect is identified as sai varshith kandula from chesterfield, missouri. a short time ago cnn spoke with two classmates, provided cnn with a yearbook photo of the suspect. two of the classmates who knew him at marquette high school told us that he was known as a very quiet guy who didn't get into any trouble or didn't get in anyone's way and kept to himself. what we know about him now is at about 10:00 p.m. last night he allegedly rammed a u-haul, a 26-foot-long u-haul truck into a security barrier at the white house multiple times. this is about 200 yards from the white house. he hit it a couple of times, then exited the vehicle according to a law enforcement source with a nazi flag on him. when he was interviewed at the scene, the source telling cnn he told law enforc

brian todd has the sobering reality. >> reporter: among the first people who could be impacted by default. >> i can't even begin to imagine what they budgeted for, what they retired and knew that they would have coming in every month. >> reporter: what happens to the social security payments of more than 65 billion americans if it defaults on its debt? >> they will ultimately get a check but it will be late. and then what. they can't pay their rent, they can't put food on the table. >> reporter: default could also affect payments to food stamps recipients. american military veterans who receive disability payments and active duty military personnel. >> could mean that we have people fighting in dangerous environments overseas who don't get their pay on time. >> reporter: according to moody's, if a default lasts about a week, close to a million american jobs would be lost. and if it drags on for six weeks, 7 million jobs. how? analysts say the payments withheld to social security recipients and others would trickle into other sectors of the economy. >> suddenly social security retirees, mi

brian todd, cnn. >> bottom line, this summer will be pretty busy at the airports, no question.me. i'm christine romans. "cnn this morning" starts right now. ♪ >>> good tuesday morning, everyone. we're glad you're with us.

brian todd is on the case. >> this is tucker carlson. >> reporter: just days after being fired from fox news, tucker carlson announced a new show on twitter with a conspiratorial take. >> at the most basic level the news is a lie. you are being manipulated. >> reporter: this from the man who repeatedly laid out baseless theories on his fox show. >> fbi operatives were organizing the attack on the capitol. >> reporter: the man whose platform carlson could soon be joining, elon musk, tweeted had they haven't signed a deal yet after earlier tweeting trust nothing, not even nothing. seemingly reflective of what axios calls the new trust nothing era of american politics. >> there will be a tsunami of disinformation in this election. it will be hard to know what to trust, viewers won't be able to distinguish the real from the fake. >> reporter: take a recent ad produced by the republican national committee in response to president biden's announcement that he is running for re-election. images in the ad were generated by a artificial intelligence and tick through a series of imagined dystopia

brian todd has more. >> reporter: it was only a few monthsing go that the southwest airlines cancellation meltdown over the holidays left millions stranded and miserable. >> i wanted to visit my family. but there is nothing i can do about it. >> reporter: now we're on the brink of a busy summer travel season which analysts and officials acknowledge could be messy for the airlines like last summer's was. >> summer travel will put enormous pressure on the system. >> reporter: the biden administration now proposing a new rule to compensate passengers who experience delays and cancellations that are the fault of the airlines themselves. right now ten u.s. based air carriers cover the cost of meals for passengers when a cdelay or cancelation is the airlines fault. nine covered cost of hotel accommodations. but they are doing it voluntarily and could roll back the policies anytime. the president and his team want a new rule. >> i will make it mandatory for all u.s. airlines to compensate you with meals, hotels, taxis respe, rideshares and rebooking fees and cash, miles or travel vouchers. >> re

brian todd, cnn, washington. >>> there's a new twist in the isaga over congressman george santos. in a filing with the federal election commission late friday, santos name d himself as treasurer of his reelection campaign committee. now while this is not illegal, it's rare for candidates to do that. the latest move comes more than a week after prosecutors unveiled a 13-count criminal indictment against santos, including charges of wire fraud and lying about personal finances. the congressman pleaded not guilty to those charges. >>> a federal judge ruled a u.s.man accused of leaking classified documents will stay behind bars while he awaits trial. the suspect appeared in court friday. in his ruling, the judge said the 21-year-old showed a, quote, lack of integrity and that his alleged actions put countless people at risk. he was charged for allegedly removing a trove of documents and posting them on social media. he has not yet entered a formal plea. >>> u.s. debt ceiling standoff looms lashlg in japan. we'll bring you the latest on the lack thereof on averting a financial disaster

brian todd reports. >> reporter: in a light brown pullover and jeans, elizabeth holmes reports to the federal prison camp in bryan, texas. a far cry from when holmes sporting black turtle necks was compared to steve jobs and dazzled at one media event after another. >> i've always believed that the purpose of building a business is to make an impact in the world. >> reporter: holmes is starting to serve a sentence of more than 11 years afteric co being convi last year of defrauding multiple investors while running theranos. >> we've seen frenzies, hoaxes throughout american history. this one ranks in the top 1% for the speed of the rise and speed of the fall. >> reporter: in 2003, elizabeth holmes dropped out of stanford university at only 19 years old to run theranos. a startup that claimed to have created new technology that could accurately test for a range of physical conditions using just a few drops of blood. >> so this is the little tubes that we collect the samples in. they are about this big. >> reporter: part of the problem analysts say is that elizabeth holmes was never rea

brian todd, thanks very much. and to our viewers, thanks very much for watching.rin burnett outfront" starts right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> "outfront" next, a cnn exclusive. multiple sources telling cnn tonight that the national archives has proof that trump knew the proper process to declassify

brian todd is outside the courthouse in washington. an, the suspect with a nazi flag driving a rental truck. you're well aware that the fbi reminds of, white supremacist groups and other threats. how are authorities at this early stage piecing these various indicators together? >> reporter: well, jim, they're piecing together details of the sequence of events that happened last night and details of his possible intent. we do know from law enforcement sources and witnesses that he rammed that u-haul truck into a security barrier about 200 yards from the white house last night at about 10:00 p.m. eastern time. at the time of that incident, just after he crashed the vehicle into the barrier, he exited the vehicle with a nazi flag on him. when he was interviewed by law enforcement, the suspect said he wanted to kidnap and harm president biden. in the initial moments after that crash, authorities suspected there may be explosives in the vehicle so they evacuated the hotel across the street while they checked the vehicle. they found no explos

our brian todd is joining us right now. nce are driving home the life and death stakes right now for so many top u.s. officials, their families, and their staff. >> reporter: right, wolf. so many members of congress are reassessing security at their home district offices, at their family homes. we've got new information tonight on the security risk that members are facing, and we have to warn viewers that some of you may find some of the video in this story disturbing. congressman jerry connelly told cnn his district office in fairfax city, virginia, was an easy target for a man wielding a metal baseball bat. >> enraged, enraged state. >> reporter: the suspect injured two of connelly's aides with the bat and damaged much of the office. connelly said his staff was still cleaning up the blood this morning. he told cnn's manu raju "this incident exposes a hole in security for members of congress." >> i think we're going to have to reassess the security we provide or don't provide district offices. here in a commercial office sp

they won't be the experts, but they have to be part of that discussion. >> reporter: brian todd, cnn,hington. >>> alexis ohanian, welcome. thank you so much for talking with me. >> thank you for having me, chris. >> so i want you to view this conversation, and this won't be a leap of imagination for you, like you're dealing with a rather dim student. it will become apparent pretty quickly. what is artificial intelligence, and how does it work? >> all right, well first, i don't think you're giving yourself enough credit. but to answer your question, for the last decade, we've seen narrow applications of a.i. whether it's self-driving car companies or, you know, computer vision, you know, license plate reading companies that have very specific abilities. but the last breakthrough, really the a.i. breakthrough that we're all talking about now, are companies like open a.i. they're actually doing the work of a human with decision-making ability, with researching ability. and it's rapidly evolving. and so it's something that's changing literally every day. >> and again, for dummies, how doe

cnn's brian todd reports. >> reporter: at this bp station in mclean, virginia, pleasant surprises at the pump. >> i am surprised because everything else is going up a lot more. i guess gas prices have been kind of stable. >> for the past one year, i think the prices are a little bit better for the citizen. >> reporter: the cost of your holiday road trip at least behind the wheel is lower this year. gas prices steeply down from a year ago. the national average stand at $3.57 a gallon, according to aaa, down from the average at this time last year, which was $4.60 a gallon. analysts say there are several reasons for this. the global price per barrel is lower, but also -- >> economic headwinds globally. the central banks raise interest rates to tame inflation. that has cooled americans' desires to hit the road. >> that's the case so far this year, but this holiday weekend will see more americans on the road. more than 37 million, according to aaa. up 6% from a year ago. another reason for lower gas prices, russia's war in ukraine hasn't cut russia's oil supply to world markets as much a

brian todd, cnn, washington. >>> quick hits across america.urt grants sackler family immunity in a $6 billion opoid settlement, it clears way for a bankruptcy deal for purdue phrma. >>> a gas station owner accused of fatally shooting a 14-year-old boy in the back makes his first court appearance. police say he thought the boy had stolen four bottles of water. >>> minnesota is the 23rd state to legalize recreational marijuana. the state officially decriminalized the possession on august 1. >>> and real flying saucers or fake science fiction. nasa's task force tackles that in a matter of hours. >>> and why did a woman who accused joe biden of assault suddenly turn up in moscow? for total confidence and complete control.. ♪ ♪ fast. reliable. perfectltly orchestrated. the united states postal service. ♪ move it! ! ♪ paradontax blood when you brush could lead to worse over time. help stop the clock on gum disease now. parodontax toothpaste... ...is 3x more effective at removing plaque bacteria, one of the main causes of bleeding gums. parodontax. t

district court tomorrow. >> brian todd, thanks so much.s as well as the ceo of the jewish council of public affairs. john, what are investigators doing to figure out the suspect's motive? >> right now they're going back backwards. they're going to retrace his steps, how did he get to washington, d.c., did he fly into dulles and go to herndon and rent that truck in virginia? where was he before that? they think it may have been memphis. tracing his roots back to missouri. what about foreign travel? he has trips back and forth to india. his latest trip was from dubai. they'll look at all of that, but right now they're zeroing in on what appear to be mental health issues. when you look at a guy who says in his interview with park police and secret service, protective intelligence agents, that he had a plan to kidnap the president, that he wanted to do harm to president biden, but he shows up with a van that is searched to contain noexplosive s, no knives, it seems to be more in his head. we have that bifurcated process but also look at what's

cnn's brian todd has more. >> reporter: at this bp station in mclean, virginia, pleasant surprises. >> everything else is going up a lot more, so at least gas prices have kind of been stable. >> you know, i mean for the past one year i think the prices are a little bit, you know, better for the citizen. >> reporter: the cost of your holiday road trip at least behind the wheel is lower this year, gas prices steeply down from a year ago. the national average standing at $3.57 a gallon according to aaa, down more than a dollar from the average at this time last year which was $4.60 a gallon. analysts say there are several reasons for this, the global price for barrel of oil is low. >> economic head winds, the central bank's raised interest rates, tamed inflation, cooled americans desires to hit the road. >> that's the case so far this year but this holiday weekend will see more americans on the road, more than 37 million according to aaa, up 6% from a year ago. another reason for lower gas prices, russia's war in ukraine hasn't cut russia's oil supply to world markets as much as was anti

cnn's brian todd is taking a closer look for us. he social media companies were motivated by financial gain, and that they were the ones who pushed the shooter to look at more extreme content. tonight, following the first anniversary of the buffalo supermarkets shooting that killed ten people, all of them black, social media companies are facing a wrongful-death lawsuit by three of the victims' families. >> nothing's important. >> reporter: leticia rogers who survived the shooting also joined the suit. the filing alleges that the shooter, quote, was not raised by a racist family and had no personal history of negative interaction with black people, but was motivated to carry out the attack by racist, anti-semitic, and white supremacist propaganda fed to him by the social media companies. >> showing him more and more violent material and racist. >> reporter: among the defendants named in the lawsuit, meta, parent company of facebook, snap, which owns the messaging app snapchat, discord, reddit, google, which owns youtube, and amazon w

cnn's brian todd has more. >> and d.c.'d his audience of the grim possibility. >> it is something that is not done lightly, and that i will be heartbroken to miss you as well. >> cbs's stephen colbert spoke of how important the rioters are to his show. >> without these people, the show would be called the late show with a guy rambling about the lord of the rings for an hour. >> those late night shows hosted by colbert, minors, jimmy kimmel, jimmy fallon are meng the first casualties as more than 11,000 movie and tv writers are now on strike. the writers guild of america voting to walk out after several weeks of negotiations with a group present presenting companies like netflix, amazon, apple, disney, nbc universal, paramount, and cnn's parent company warner brothers discovery. >> you will see it on films currently in production with rioters, that will stop. >> the last time rightist went on strike in 2000 and, seven they left for 100 days, leading to delays in production for months. some of the late night shows of the firs

cnn's brian todd has more. >> a warning from north korea's aggressive 39 year old dictator.e has notified japan that it plans to launch a satellite between this wednesday may 31st and june 11th. that is according to a spokesman for the japanese coast guard. japan's issued its own warning back to pyongyang. >> the defense ministry and self defense forces have already issued an order to prepare >> for destructive measures against ballistic missiles. in response to the series of north korea movements. >> south korea also warning of kim's regime not to go ahead with the launch. kim jong-un recently expected what north korea claims is there -- approved for deployment. analysts believe kim's new satellite won't be able to feed images that are as hi-res or sophisticated as the ones from americas satellites can, still. >> what might he be able to spy on that are sensitive to the u.s. and allies? >> the north koreans will be primarily interested in military bases belonging to the south koreans, to the americans and south korea, and then likely installations for the u.s. and japan in

cnn's brian todd is outside the courthouse in washington today. brian, tell us, how serious a threat to authorities believe this man and this truck was? >> reporter: well, jim, what the secret service is saying is that president biden was in no danger during any of this but we are getting more disturbing detail this afternoon, seemingly by the hour, about what the suspect had on him, what he said at the scene. it does present a fairly disturbing picture of his intentions at least. according to a law enforcement source who spoke to josh campbell, the suspect exited the vehicle after it had crashed into that security barrier at the white house with a nazi flag on him. the suspect when interviewed by law enforcement according to our source said that he did want to kidnap and harm president biden. authorities are now considering what role mental health may have played in this episode. the suspect is identified as a 19-year-old from chesterfield, missouri. he has been arrested for a myriad of charges and i'll name them for you. threatening to kill, kidn

cnn's brian todd is working the story for us. what's behind the lower prices americans are enjoying right now? >> reporter: several factors, wolf. from the war in ukraine having an unexpected affect on the price of gas to inflation and demand at the pump. today we have new information on where gas prices are going, and on a big weekend of travel. on the road or in the air, americans were traveling in resurgent numbers this weekend. analysts giving important advice to potential travelers for the rest of the summer. >> if this weekend is a sign of anything that's to come, it's going to be so busy, that's airline seats are going to go fast. the hotel rooms are going to go fast. you want to book your vacation plans this summer as early as you possibly can. >> reporter: aaa projected over 42 million americans will have traveled 50 miles or more from home this memorial day weekend, a 7% increase from last year. just on the roads according to aaa more than 37 million motorists projected this weekend, up 6% from a year ago. those drivers

cnn's brian todd is over at reagan national airport for us. he's digging into the proposal for us. f, they'd have to pay for your hotel, your food, possibly other things. but that only comes into play if the delay or cancelation is the airline's fault. and that's where it could get tricky for passengers. it was only a few months ago that the southwest airlines cancelation meltdown over the holidays left millions of travelers stranded and miserable. >> i wanted to visit my family, but there's nothing i can do about it. >> reporter: tonight, we're on the brink of a busy summer travel season, which analysts and officials acknowledge could be messy for the airlines, like last summer's was. >> summer travel is going to put enormous pressure on the system. and we need to continue our work. >> reporter: the biden administration tonight proposing a new rule to compensate passengers who experienced delays and cancelations that are the fault of the airlines themsz. right now, ten u.s.-based air carriers cover the costs of meals for passengers when a delay or cancelation is the airline's fault

brian todd, cnn, washington. >> all right, so what are the priorities for the new twitter ceo?alk about that with contributor opinion writer for "the new york times" and host of "the pivot." cara, can linda yaccarino get twitter back on track? >> i don't know. if elon gives her power to, i guess. it was already a weak company when he bought it and he made it much weaker so she's got a lot to do and with him mucking up the gears, i'm not so sure. she is an excellent ad salesperson and leader in that area and certainly knows her stuff and is well liked by the industry. a question of whether she gets to do what she wants, long wanted to be ceo or he continues to meddle which i can't imagine he won't. >> and is she the right person for the job? i think i saw you were tweeting -- kind of predicting this, right? >> i did. i didn't predict it. i knew she was going to be picked but that's okay. >> you knew, okay. we won't get into that. >> when i say i guessed, my guess, i know, i don't guess. i don't guess that much. i don't know. she is a strong sales ad person but what's got to brin

>> brian todd, thank you very much.lind carter has been diagnosed with dementia. i'm alex marquardt here in "the situation room." thank you so much for joining me. "erin burnett outfront" starts right now. >>> "outfront" next, ukraine bracing for putin's revenge. russia even threatening to use nukes after moscow was attacked. the ukrainian ambassador to the

brian todd at the courthouse. thanks so much. hasn't changed in uvalde, texas after the mass shooting that killed 19 children and two teachers. we're live outside robb elementary school next on "cnn news central." but at the end of the day, you know you have a team behind you that can help you. not having to worry about the future makes it possible to make the present as best as it can be for everybody. - representative! - sorry, i didn't get that. - oh buddy! you need a hug. you also need consumer cellular. get the exact same coverage as the nation's leading carriers and 100% us based customer support. starting at $20. consumer cellular. >>> one year ago today a teenage gunman walked into an elementary school and unleashed evil. 19 schoolchildren and two teachers slaughtered in uvalde, texas. and a botched police response followed by a lack of transparency and accountability has only added to the heartbreak and agony. last hour across the state texans held a moment of silence at 11:30 central time, marking the moment that the sh

cnn's brian todd is following the story for us.ight, wolf, from his rivals to the media to voters, so many people are now watching closely to see when, not if, ron desantis announces a run for president. this is a man on a serious role tonight after that state legislative session where he got just about everything he wanted. with the end of florida's legislative session today. >> we've been able to go on a historic run that has never been seen before in the state's history. >> reporter: the window ron desantis was looking for is now wide open for him to run for the republican nomination for president. and, today, he addressed the white-hot anticipation of a white house bid. >> we'll get on that relatively soon. you either got to put up or shut up on that as well, so we'll see. >> reporter: today, desantis also made another key chess move in his high-stakes battle with disney, signing a bill that could void their agreement with the state of florida that allows disney to have its own special taxing district in the area around disney

cnn's brian todd has details for us. >> reporter: a warning from north korea's aggressive 39-year-oldtified japan that it plans to launch a satellite between this wednesday, may 31st and june 11th, that's according to a spokesman for the japanese coast guard. japan has issued its own warning right back to pyongyang. [ speaking non-english ] >> translator: the defense ministry and self-defense forces have issued an order against ballistic missiles. >> reporter: south korea also warning kim's regime not to go ahead with the launch. kim jong-un recently inspected what north korea claims is its first military reconnaissance satellite and approved it for deployment. an analyst believes it won't be able to feed him images as high res as one from america's satellites can, still, what might kim jong-un be able to spy on? >> they'll be interested in military bases belonging to the south koreans to the americans in south korea and then likely installations for the u.s. and japan in japan and naval movements near the coast of north korea. >> reporter: the launch of a spy satellite would be the l

brian todd is working this story. >> reporter: the racest nature of this text is stunning.news. a potential clue of why fox news fired tucker carlson. a startsling racest text he sent to a fox producer in hours after january 6th. confirmed by cnn, the times reports carlson was discussing a video he watched weeks earlier of a street brawl in washington when a group of trump supporters, quote, surrounded an a antefa kid, it's not how white men fight. >> this rhetoric to make us less than, is very summed up in that statement. >> reporter: carlson in text said he was rooting for the mob to kill the man, quote, i really wanted them to hurt the kid. i could taste it. then he text that an alarm went off in his brain, quote, i shouldn't gloat over his suffered. i should be bothered by it. >> the point around him may be catching himself in the middle of that text doesn't change anything because the racial dynamics are still very much there. >> reporter: cnn has confirmed that carlson's text was part of the evidence in dominion's evidence, that was redacted in the court. was this why

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cnn's brian todd is right next to the crash site. nderstand there is now a name to go with this suspect. >> reporter: that's right, john. this coming to us from the u.s. park police just moments ago. they have released the name of the suspect, he is identified as -- we believe his name is pronounced sai condula 19 years old from chesterfield, missouri. that information coming to us from the u.s. park police. setting the scene, this is where this occurred, we are 200 yards away from the white house according to witnesses and police, the vehicle pulled up here, there are scuff marks on the curb, oil absorbent sand and other things laid down after oil spilled out of the truck there. it hit this barrier multiple times and there was concern in the minutes immediately following the incident there might be explosives inside the u-haul truck and for that reason that hotel there, the famous hay adams hotel was briefly evacuated but then the fbi checked the vehicle and found no explosives inside that vehicle, so people were then allowed back in

cnn's brian todd is on the story. what more can you tell us, brian?r to have another go at this. and just moments ago his powerful sister kim yo-jong said another attempt will happen soon, but there are lingering questions over north korea's real capability to do that. ♪ north korea's ambitious supreme leader suffers a demoralizing setback in his quest to keep up with south korea in space. kim jong un's attempt to launch a military satellite into orbit failed when the rocket it was placed on crashed in the sea. >> what specifically went wrong here? >> the second stage was start and carry the satellite on the rest of its journey. looks like they had an issue with the second stage. >> reporter: south korean intelligence believes the north koreans rushed preparations for it and changed the flight path, according to a south korean lawmaker. south korea's military says it recovered fragments of the rocket about 125 miles off its west coast. >> recovering the debris will allow us to understand if the entirety of their manufacturing capability, and if we fin

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here is cnn's brian todd. >> reporter: with the end of florida's legislative session on friday -- >>n that has never been seen before in this state's history. >> reporter: -- the window ron desantis was looking for is now wide open for him to run for the republican nomination for president. and he addressed the white hot anticipation of a white house bid. >> we'll get on that relatively soon. you've either got to put up or shut up on that as well. so we'll see. >> reporter: on friday desantis also made another key chess move in his high stakes battle with disney, signing a land use bill that could void disney's unique agreement with the state of florida that allows disney to have its own special taxing district in the area around disney world in orlando. >> no corporation should have their own government, no one should be exempt from laws that everyone else has to follow. >> reporter: desantis has been fighting with disney since last year when he backed a new florida law limiting instruction of sexual or ientation and gendr identity in schools. disney spoke out against the bill. why

cnn's brian todd has more. >> hey, it's tucker carlson. >> reporter: just days after being fired fromed a new show on twitter with a conspiratorial take on the news we consume. >> at the most basic level, the news you consume is a lie. you are being manipulated. >> reporter: this from the man who repeatedly laid out baseless theories on his fox show. >> fbi operatives were organizing the attack on the capitol. >> reporter: the man whose platform carlson could soon be joining, twitter ceo elon musk, tweeted that they haven't signed a deal yet after earlier tweeting, quote, trust nothing, not even nothing, seemingly reflective of what "axios" calls the new trust-nothing era of american politics. >> there's going to be a tsunami of disinformation in this election. it's going to be hard to know what to trust. viewers are not going to be able to distinguish the real from the fake. >> reporter: take a recent ad produced by the republican national committee in response to president biden's announcement that he's running for re-election. images in the ad were generated by artificial intellige

>> brian todd, thank you so much for that. john?e a gunman opened fire inside an elementary school in uvalde, texas, killing 19 children and two teachers. texas will hold a moment of silence and is lowering state flags to half-staff in honor of the slick tims. president biden marked the day by calling for congressional action to address gun violence. cnn's shimon prokupecz is live in uvalde for us this morning. you were down there the day after it happened, you've been down there so much over the last year and you were there this morning. just give us a sense of what the mood is like. >> reporter: yeah, john, this is the very same street that you and i were standing on a year ago, i'm sure you remember, just behind me here when we started to ask questions to try to unravel exactly what happened here. again, here we are today and not much really new has been learned for these families. they haven't gotten a good accountability. the mood here, it's somber. it's much different obviously than it was when we were here a year ago when all

brian todd has details for us. information that crow footed tuition bills for a close relative of clarence thomas. just thomas and the court now under growing pressure to answer for all of this. supreme court justice clarence thomas and his wife didn't just get lavish trips, yacht rides, or a real estate deal from harlan crow. the billionaire gop mega donor also paid boarding school tuition for thomas's grandnephew, for whocm thomas ws the legal guardian. that's according to propublica, which says thomas did not report the tuition payments on his annual disclosures. democrats and republicans in the senate see this development through opposite lenses. >> i hope the chief justice roberts reads this story this morning and understands something has to be done. the reputation of the supreme court is at stake here. >> i know harlan crow, and i know clarence thomas, and they're both honorable men. this is part of a 32-year smear campaign that started with his confirmation hearing. >> reporter: thomas's grandnephew lived w

cnn's brian todd is joining us outside the federal courthouse in washington.ing which is next week. we have new details tonight on disturbing information that the suspect gave to a secret service agent. prosecutors say the driver of this 26 foot u-haul truck poses a flight risk and should remain behind bars. a federal judge agrees, ruling that sai karndula who crashed this truck into a security barrier will remain in custody for now. kandula says one charge of did he go -- a special agent alleges kandula claims he was there to take over the country and would hurt anyone he had to, including killing the president. >> they're zeroing in on what appears to be mental health issues. he wanted to do harm to president biden, but shows up with a van that is searched to contain no explosives, no knives, no guns. the plan seems to be more in his head. >> reporter: he told law enforcement nazis have a great history, according to charging documents. he admires their authoritarian nature, eugenics and one world order and looks up to hitler because he was a strong leader. >

brian todd, cnn, mclain, virginia. >> president joe biden spent part of memorial day paying his respectsllen american troops at arlington national cemetery. >> arms! >> mr. biden laid a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier. he was joined by vice president kamala harris, secretary of defense lloyd austin, and chairman of the joint chiefs of staff general mark milley. the president spoke of the country's obligations to its soldiers and veterans. >> it's a sacred obligation, not based on party or politics but on a promise a promise to unite all of us. there is nothing more important, nothing more sacred, nothing more american. former american prisoners of war but >> recently honored in california when they celebrated the 50th anniversary of their homecoming. two of the servicemen who spent months in vietcong camps in vehicle camps in the 1970s with the tele-story. >> major mark smith and sergeant ken wallingford then and how. >> i haven't seen this guy outside of one funeral we went two for one of our buddies in 50 years. >> that's how long it's been since they were released from a jun

. >> brian: todd piro gets to the b bottom of it all, tell us what is true. >> todd: experts are havingnter. the office of duke and duchess of sussex describe near catastrophic car chase at hands of ring of highly aggressive paparazzi. police say they were never in danger. there were numerous photographers that made transport challenging, there were no summons, or arrests in regard. a taxi driver, who had harry and meghan in his back seat offering less account. >> started taking pictures and flashing and they never gave location of where they were going and security guard told me to circle back. you see the paparazzi car following my car. prince harry and his wife, the lady, they were nervous and looked scared. >> todd: the investigation is underway. >> brian: he couldn't get out of his car to do the interview. >> steve: he's a taxicab driver. brian, we were in the same cab as the sussex's. >> ainsley: they could have the crown jewel, limo, horse and carriage. >> brian: what security bricks you to taxi for safety. >> ainsley: never heard of a high-speed chase lasting two hours in new yo

brian todd is there, and they have just identified the man, and what are you learning at this hour?right, kate. the national park police have identified him as 19-year-old sai varshirth candula, and he is a suspect in the case. what they thought might have occurred when he rammed into the barriers behind me at 10:00 p.m. eastern last night, there were concerns that there might be explosives in the vehicle, and for that reason, they evacuated that hotel there, the hay-adams hotel on 16th, and h streets here briefly. they searched the truck and found no explosives and the people were allowed back into the hotel. the suspect is sai varshirth candula charged with attempt to harm president or family members. we found inside of the truck is a flag with what appeared to be a swastika in it, a black bag and roll of tape. there is one witness who saw him hit this barrier more than once. alex garcia spoke with media members last night, and this is what he said. >> it is a u-haul truck come on the h street, and then he tried to run into the warehouse. then he tried the first time, and he went

brian todd, in washington. >> it was a u-haul truck is doing to a flight risk.udge agrees at age 19, he allegedly crashed his truck into a security barrier at the park, across from the white house, remaining in custody, for now. can do, look currently, faces one charge of depredation of federal government property, with a maximum sentence of ten years in prison. a secret service special agent alleges, he claimed he was there to take over the country, and would hurt anyone he had to, including killing the president. >> right now, they are zeroing in what appears to be, mental health issues. you wanted to do harm to president biden, but he shows up of a search that contained no explosives, no knives, no guns, and the plan seems to be more in his head. >> not to do is have a great history, according to charging documents from him. he admires their youth or authoritarian governments, eugenics, and there one world order. he looked up to hitler for being a strong leader. >> we see people who log the not sierra heroes, or people who employ not see symbols, attacking a

. >> brian todd, thanks very much. >>> erin burnett outfront starts right now. >>> outfront, breaking news the special counsel is investigating the handling of mar-a-lago's surveillance footage by trump employees. did someone tamper with the tapes? >>> plus, senator manchin on the debt ceiling, biden's re-election. that interview is coming up. >>> who was behind the drones the kremlin say were sent to kill putin? >>> let's go "outfront." >>> good evening. i'm pamela brown in for erin burnett. breaking news, tapes at mar-a-lago. special counsel jack smith is now asking questions about the handling of surveillance tapes from trump's home in florida. whether the tapes could have been tampered with. smith of course is leading the criminal investigation into trump's handling of classified documents. they want to hear from one or two executives. they're said to know a lot about mar-a-lago's inner workings. trump went on fox news to boasts about the tapes he handed over to prosecutors. >> they raided mar-a-lago. vicious ly raided mar-a-lago. i have tape, i gave them tapes. i gave it to them.

cnn's brian todd reports. >> reporter: congressman gerry connolly told cnn his district office in fairfaxity, virginia, was an easy target for a man wielding a metal baseball bat. >> enraged, in an enraged state. >> reporter: the suspect injured two of connolly's aides with the bat. his office was still cleaning up the blood on tuesday morning. he told cnn's manu raju this incident exposes a hole in security for members of congress. >> i think we're going to have to reassess the security we provide or don't provide district offices. if you're in a commercial office space like me, you have no security, none. >> reporter: house speaker kevin mccarthy said he spoke to connolly about the incident and said this at members district office. >> it's something you have to be continually cognizant of. what we've the unin the past, we put more money in where people can look at their district offices. >> reporter: connolly says he has met with capitol police chief tom manger to beef up security after his office. on tuesday he told a house committee about the alarming threats in lawmakers. >> it's gon

brian todd is there on the scene, and you have new details of what the suspect said at the scene lastight. what do you? >> that is right, kate. according to the law enforcement sources who spoke to our colleagues evan perez and john miller at the scene last night shortly after the vehicle crashed into the barrier behind me, the suspect did make threats regarding the white house, and that is according to the law enforcement sources evan perez and john miller. it occurred around 10:00 p.m. last night, the u-haul truck smashed into the barrier here behind me. the oil spilled and they have some sand and absorbent there and there sis a tire track here behind me. when it crashed, they thought there was some explosive, and for that reason, they evacuated the hotel there behind me here, as you can see behind me, and they evacuated the hotel there, the hay-adams hotel so they could check for explosives. but the suspect did make threats regarding the white house, and the suspect identified 19-year-old sai varshirth candula who is charged with threatening a president and/or his family, and he is

brian todd has more. >> reporter: congressman gerry connolly says his district office was an easy targetbaseball bat. >> enraged state. >> reporter: and he injured two the his aides. and his staff was still cleaning up the blood tuesday morning. and he told manu raju that the incident exposes a whole insecurity for members of congress. >> i think that we'll have to reassess the security we provide or don't provide district offices. here you have no security, none. >> reporter: and kevin mccarthy says he spoke to him about the incident and said this about security. >> something that you have to be continually cognizant of. what we've done in the past, we've put more money in so people can look at their district offices. >> reporter: and connolly says that he has talked about beefing up security at his office. and the chief major says there is an alarming rise in threats. >> it has gone up over 400% the last six years. >> reporter: and he cited the most disturbing high profile attacks like the assaults in late october targeting then speaker nancy pelosi's husband. >> drop the hammer. >> no